[PATCH cygport] Make src packages which put files under /usr/src/package-version-release/
Jon TURNEY
jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk
Mon Apr 28 12:23:00 GMT 2014
On 28/04/2014 03:34, Yaakov (Cygwin/X) wrote:
> On 2014-04-24 15:42, Jon TURNEY wrote:
>> From a previous discussion [1] on this subject, it seems to be that
>> if this is
>> desirable, then source packages should be fixed rather than working
>> around
>> this in setup.
>>
>> Attached is a patch to cygport to do exactly that.
>
> The downside is, if you then rebuild the package like that, you end up
> with /usr/src/NAME-VERSION-RELEASE/NAME-VERSION-RELEASE[.ARCH, as of
> today's git master], which seems a bit repetitive to me. What do you
> (and others) think about making the "topdir" also the "workdir" if the
> former is already of the form NAME-VERSION-RELEASE.ARCH, as per the
> attached patch instead?
I think "workdir" needs to be at least ARCH, otherwise you lose the
(just added) ability to do cygport --32 and cygport --64 in the same
directory?
If I am understanding you correctly, the rest is just a question of
aesthetics. I don't mind the repetition, but others might have a
different opinion.
>> (As an aside, how would a patch to move "Method one" and "Method two"
>> to an
>> archive page be received? It seems to me that they are not relevant
>> to nearly
>> all new packages)
>
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2013-06/msg00182.html
Thanks. I guess I'll work on a documentation patch for that, then.
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